Bogotá - La Macarena

On January 15, 1976 at 07:00 AM, Bogotá - La Macarena experienced a crash involving Douglas C-54 Skymaster, operated by Taxi Aéreo El Venado, with the event recorded near Chipaque Cundinamarca.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While flying in clouds, the four engine airplane struck the slope of a mountain (3,540 metres high) located about 30 km east of Chipaque, in an area located in the west part of Meta. The wreckage was 800 metres below the point of impact, in a canyon. All 13 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-172, MSN 10280, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.4409°, -74.0277°.